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Grad student in SLC/Linguistics + German, James Stratton, has been awarded the Richard M. Hogg prize for his paper on English language and linguistics. We are so impressed with his research record! Congratulations, James! isle-linguistics.org/activities/ric…

I am very pleased to announce that in July I will be joining the Department of English Language and Literatures at the University of British Columbia as an Assistant Professor. I'm looking forward to teaching and researching English historical linguistics 🇨🇦

Intensifiers have been studied widely in English, but few studies go back to the very beginning. Very pleased to announce this recent publication in the Journal of Historical Linguistics: "Old English intensifiers: the beginnings of the intensifier system" benjamins.com/catalog/jhl.20…

Great work being done on Canadian English at UBC! x.com/ubc_english/st… Stef Dollinger @canelab.bsky.social

Announcing a new Beowulf dialect project (a translation of Beowulf into the Yorkshire vernacular, hopefully with an accompanying audiobook). Translation is a mix of the old and the new. Gauging interest and in search of feedback! james-stratton.com/beowulf

Ever wondered whether knowledge of historical linguistics can help you learn historically related languages? It does! I tested this empirically as part of my PhD. Study just out in The Modern Language Journal (Open Access) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Q&A: Looking for a faster way to learn a language? Try historical linguistics bit.ly/3BITSVp

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I was just interviewed on CBC radio about how language history can be useful when learning historically related languages. You can find it by clicking on the segment called ‘Here’s a better way to learn languages’ cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

Is learning a new language one of your resolutions for 2023? If it’s a language that’s historically related to your own, diving into a bit of its history could help speed up the process, according to a study by @ubc_english prof James Stratton: bit.ly/3WPPaxZ UBC Faculty of Arts

I'll be giving an invited talk on Zoom on Wednesday at 4pm (GMT) hosted by the University of Liverpool (University of Liverpool) about the role of historical linguistics in the second language classroom. The event is free for those interested. eventbrite.co.uk/e/ctell-intent…

I’m happy to announce that in August 2024 I’ll be joining the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures at Penn State as Assistant Professor of German(ic) and Linguistics! german.la.psu.edu/news/james-str…

Pre-order now! Coming soon November 2024! #variationistsociolinguistics routledge.com/Expanding-Vari…